North

North is clearly some one who is very passionate about tutoring and helping writers develop better writing skills and improve in literacy all around. In his article he clearly details what he believes the best scenario for a writing center is, and how tutors should go about helping the students who go to them for help. While I agree with his notions that the main focus should be placed on the writer themself rather than the text placed in front of them, I feel as though his ideas are a bit extreme. North rambles on for what seems to be an eternity about the proper way to tutor and what the focus of a tutor in a writing center should be, he even implies that while a tutor could successfully make a paper nearly flawless for the peer seeking help, the tutor can still be a failure, and let down their client. He believes that unless the student leaves the writing center with new ideas about writing and big improvements in their tendencies as a writer altogether. My opinion differs from North's, I believe that while grammatical errors should be cast aside, and the focus should be turned towards structure, form, and expansion of ideas, the student seeking aid is most likely seeking a simple grade boost. Their reason for attending the writing center at all in most cases is simply to achieve a good grade on a tricky paper. I believe a tutor should focus on the paper at hand, but focus on the forementioned aspects rather than grammar, punctuation, and other errors that are specific to only that given paper and do not apply to content.